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brenner Name Meaning and History

  1. German: from an agent derivative of Middle High German brennen ‘to burn’, in various applications. Often it is an occupational name for a distiller of spirits; it may also refer to a charcoal or lime burner or to someone who cleared forests by burning.
  2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a distiller, from German Brenner, literally ‘burner’ (see 1).
  3. English: metathesized variant of Berner 2 and 3.

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Distribution of brenner Families in the US in 1920
Number of brenner families
 255-507
 86-254
 1-85
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